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Pinback button used to promote the candidacy of Senator Allan Spear, ca. late 1970s to early 1980s.
Flyer from Spear’s first, and unsuccessful, run for office in 1968. Flyer is from MN 150: The People, Places, and Things That Shape Our State, by Kate Roberts (Minnesota Historical Society Press).
Lawn sign used to promote the candidacy of Senator Allan Spear, ca. 1980s.
Alonzo J. Whiteman, ca. 1881.
Drawing of Alonzo J. Whiteman, ca. 1890s.
Alonzo J. Whiteman, ca. 1890s.
Alonzo J. Whiteman, ca. 1919. From “The Poorhouse and Death Claim Two Famous Criminals,” New York Sun, November 9, 1919, 8.
The Alonzo J. Whiteman house, 2732 London Road, Duluth, photographed between 1890 and 1894.
Altar and baldachin (decorative canopy) inside the St. Paul Cathedral. Photographed by Paul Nelson on July 10, 2014.
Decorative altar ceiling inside the St. Paul Cathedral. Photographed by Paul Nelson on July 10, 2014.